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Lean spacecraft avionics trade study
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Main, John A. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | Spacecraft design is generally an exercise in design trade-offs: fuel vs. weight, power vs. solar cell area, radiation exposure vs. shield weight, etc. Proper analysis of these trades is critical in the development of lightweight, efficient, 'lean' satellites. The modification of the launch plans for the Magnetosphere Imager (MI) to a Taurus launcher from the much more powerful Delta has forced a reduction in spacecraft weight availability into the mission orbit from 1300 kg to less than 500 kg. With weight now a driving factor it is imperative that the satellite design be extremely efficient and lean. The accuracy of engineering trades now takes on an added importance. An understanding of spacecraft subsystem interactions is critical in the development of a good spacecraft design, yet it is a challenge to define these interactions while the design is immature. This is currently an issue in the development of the preliminary design of the MI. The interaction and interfaces between this spacecraft and the instruments it carries are currently unclear since the mission instruments are still under development. It is imperative, however, to define these interfaces so that avionics requirements ideally suited to the mission's needs can be determined. |
| File Size | 332680 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19950012579 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8vb32q4h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Instrumentation Controllers Launch Vehicles Satellite Instruments Imaging Techniques Onboard Equipment Instrument Packages Spacecraft Design Remote Sensing Payloads Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
